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Chuck Alvey, CEcD, President & CEO
Chuck Alvey, CEcD, is President and CEO of EDAWN, the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, a position he has held since September of 1998. EDAWN is a not-for-profit corporation, a private-public partnership committed to recruiting and expanding quality companies that have a positive economic impact on the quality of life in the western Nevada region. CEcD stands for Certified Economic Developer. CEcDs are acknowledged as having achieved a professional level of experience demonstrated by a thorough understanding and knowledge of the tools and programs of economic development. The CEcD process is a learning system comprised of professional competency standards combining field experience, coursework, professional interaction and a final testing process comprised of written and oral examinations.
Reporting to a community-based board of trustees and leading a professional team of nine, Chuck has led efforts resulting in more than $1 billion in economic impact to the region. He spearheaded the launch of EDAWN’s Business Builders, a business retention and expansion program seeking to build relationships and gather data from hundreds of base economy companies. Most recently he led northern Nevada’s first Target Industry and Skill Set Study (Target2010), a strategic economic planning process to shape future economic growth and quality of life in the region by attracting, expanding and starting up industries that will bring high paying jobs and opportunities to citizens.
Chuck was named one of Nevada’s most respected CEO’s in November 2002 by Nevada Business Journal and was honored as marketer of the year for northern Nevada by the American Marketing Association’s local chapter twice over twelve years in Reno, once while General Manager of KOLO-TV and once at EDAWN. He came to his economic development career after 31 years in television management in Michigan, Arizona and is in the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
